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For a film that was originally dismissed by critics as a "bit of fluff," Stephen Sommers' has aged into a definitive classic of the action-adventure genre. It is widely celebrated today as a "perfect" blockbuster that successfully balanced humor, horror, and heart. A Masterclass in Genre Blending The Mummy(1999)
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